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How the Twins Almost Set the House on Fire This Morning


They thought it would be cute/fun to throw these on the dining room lamp. Good thing we discovered them before we left the house.

May I Recommend?


1 cup Trader Joe’s Watermelon-Apple Juice + a bunch of Frangelico = 1 awesome “it’s 8pm and mommy’s off duty now” drink.
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Yup, it’s pretty sad when Comedy Central is more accurate than CNN…
Ultrasounds can affect brain development - wow, this really makes me feel great about the dozens [...]

How not to get your kid to smile for a shot


Bruce and I saw a guy hit his kid today. We were visiting the Santa Barbara Zoo for the afternoon, and were near the fountain where a bunch of people were sitting. A couple was trying to get a shot of this little boy, probably about 2, sitting on the lap of what I assume [...]

The CIO Can of Worms


It was opened over at Dooce this weekend. All went well for a while, but–ha ha ha–like trying to catch two different streams of vomit at once, it couldn’t last.
The whole CIO-or-not-to-CIO is a fairly emotional issue for most mothers; thus Heather’s appropriate remark that “when I talk about this I’m going to be [...]

RIP, Happy Hour


Before I catch up on the exciting, absolutely thrilling world of my medical problems and whatnot, I wanted to share this wonderful post by Melissa:
You know, I’ve been angry with the internet a lot of times since I started this website. But I’ve never wanted to punch the internet as much as I did following [...]

Gonna Lose It


So really the most sickening thing for me is the way the newscasters seem about ten times as outraged about high gas prices than the concept of dead people floating in the streets down south. No matter how many crocodile tears were shed on camera over Louisiana and Mississippi, they kept segueing back to those [...]